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[edit] Automotive changes

Thank you for reverting some of 82.42.151.164's changes. I found many errors with them, too, although I must say the user's Belgian, Swiss and Dutch information is quite useful. Stombs 05:54, Jan 1, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Mazda 323

Are you sure that photo of the Ford Activa is a 1990? It looks an awful lot like a 2000 or newer Mazda Protege... Oh, and welcome to Wikipedia! --SFoskett 04:16, Jan 6, 2005 (UTC)

Good thoughts on the Opel/GM thing. I think we should use "Opel" since that's the "master" version of the cars, and since the "General Motors Astra" doesn't exist... But welcome to the auto-nut fold! --SFoskett 14:20, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Holden Zafira

I am 100 per cent certain about the Zafira having been officially sold in New Zealand and having witnessed many on the roads. I'm not sure why you have never seen them on the local site though I recall at one time it was not updated properly. I went in once to look for a certain model that had been launched and it wasn't there.

One user (not me) made an early edit of the Holden page indicating that the Zafira was available in New Zealand, too, so I am not alone.

Here is a reasonably authoritative New Zealand page where the Zafira is road-tested: http://xtramsn.co.nz/motoring/0,,6429-1355700,00.html. It had a retail price of $39,990 in 2002. Stombs 08:55, Jan 11, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ford Sierras in Brazil

You are right: they weren't Brazilian, but Argentinian (source: World Cars and Auto Katalog). Slight confusion, though this may have been caused by a contemporary American report about Brazilian imports, which was obviously wrong. I'll make the changes. Stombs 08:55, Jan 11, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] UK telephone numbering plan#Crown Dependencies

Re your edit:

• It repeats stuff from the top of the article - does it need to be said twice?
• Guernsey phones, if I read the BT Archive website aright have always been independant - I don't know about their postal service.
• Surely the real reason they are in the UK numbering plan is that it is simpler and cheaper for them than getting their own ISD code. Cf. Liechenstein which hangs on to the Swiss network or Vatican City and San Marino off the Italian.

Would you care to re-word slightly?

It would nice to see a bit in User:Quiensabe about who you are, where you are, etc. - though I will excuse you the mug-shot you are certainly allowed that much anonimity. RHaworth 12:34, 2005 Jan 15 (UTC)

Thanks for that. Next question: do you by any remote chance know where I could find a copy of the UK Telephone Charge Groups Map? My copy is crap - but I still have the cheek to put it on the Web. RHaworth 03:25, 2005 Jan 17 (UTC)

[edit] Opel Ascona

Hi Quiensabe: I have reinstated my information on the Chevrolet Chevair and the Vauxhall Manta at the above page and I'm a little unsure why it was deleted. You are right, of course, about the Chevrolet Ascona, which from memory was only a 1.6, while the Chevair had a larger engine—that I have retained. Opel did indeed sell the Manta in the UK but eventually (as I stated) it became the Vauxhall Manta. Stombs 06:55, Jan 20, 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for putting me right on that. I apologize: just checked a period Autocar and you are quite correct on the non-existence of the Vauxhall Manta—indeed it was the last Opel-badged car in the UK. I will make the correction once Wikipedia behaves itself and allows edits through. Stombs 00:44, Jan 21, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Taalmonument.jpg

Burgundavia 23:45, Apr 23, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Tetun

your edit on Portuguese language was not accurate. Tetun follows phonetical caracteristics and not the Portuguese ortography. In Portugal "reconstrucção" is spoken has "reconstrusão", the "c" is mute. -Pedro 02:37, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

Shit, it is also spelled "reconstrução".Velho 03:05, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

• I didnt ommit, i reverted it. I just saw you removed a lot of info. You can readd. But honestly to Portugal any problem has reached. I know that when they choose Portuguese the Indonesian speakers didnt like it a lot. But I think that is part of the past. I also know some Australians want to be the next Indonesians. -Pedro 10:20, 21 May 2005 (UTC)

Quiensabe, you once more removed information from the article: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_East_Timor&diff=0&oldid=14339215. And altered to a complete different thing. Why's that? The number of speakers is important. And its massive growth is also important, you should readd that. Plus, the Portuguese and Brazilian teachers were in East Timor to support Timorese teachers. Everyone (even numbers) says their mission was successful, except you. Why did you removed it again? -Pedro 01:41, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

Quiensabe, the native language that is spoken in East Timor is called Tetum, not Tetun. - (Aidan Work 00:22, 20 November 2005 (UTC))

I didn't write that, Pedro did! Quiensabe 16:35, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rhodesia

Hey, if you're interested, have a look at my Southern Rhodesia draft, and feel free to edit it as you see fit; I esp. need help with the 1888-1923 period — otherwise it is (and has been for nearly a year) mostly finished. Also, you might be interested to glance at the Central African Federation article that I authored a few months ago (and also edit it as you see fit). Regards, El_C 22:05, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Yang di-Pertuan Negara

It is to my understanding, that the governor has little representation in this article, the article is regarding the Yang di-Perturn Negara, which has little relation with the governor as politically-corrected in 1959. As for the first Yang di-Pertuan Negara, it was indeed Sir William Goode, of which I have omitted accidentally. However, its worth to be noted that Sir William Goode was sworn in to become the first head of state before democratic election, which under contexts I have referred, do not consider Singapore the State of Singapore, but still a crown colony.

As for the correction you have made, there is no 1959 constitution, but a revised version of 1955, of which was based on the recommendations of the Renden Commission.

As for your comments, it was our honour to have Sir William Goode as our last British head of state; he had himself propagated the independence of Singapore. Slivester 09:06, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Canadian Citizenship

I noticed your change on the history of Canadian citizenship. It's not quite correct to say that Canada was the first Commonwealth nation to enact a nationality law. The Irish Free State had done so in 1935, and although Ireland is not a member of the Commonwealth now, it remained one until 18 April 1949. JAJ 22:04, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Uni/bicameral map?

The file you uploaded should have been uploaded to replace Image:Unibicameral_Map.png on Wikimedia Commons. It is more reasonable to have a language-inspecific pic like that accesible to all the Wikipedias, not just the English one.

Besides, since your map is obviously based on the on already on Commons, I'm not sure you can make it Public Domain instead of GFDL. Your new image is also of a lower resolution, and has a strange shaded box over Rwanda and Burundi. I also see that you colored Bosnia and Herzegovina orange instead of blue in your new image.

I have changed the colors of Egypt, Botswana, Indonesia and Pakistan on Image:Unibicameral_Map.png now and fixed the links on the article pages. —Gabbe 07:05, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

I've now also fixed the Indonesia islands I missed last time —Gabbe 21:12, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

I've fixed Kalimantan as well —Gabbe 07:07, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Lusophobia

Unless you provide a wikipedia article, with solid references od proof of notability of the term, I am going to delist it. I ave no doubts that there was a dilike of Portugals (like any other major nation), but was this word in notable circulation? mikka (t) 20:34, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] France overseas régions

I am reverting your changes to French overseas régions. A specific infobox for France overseas régions is not needed. It gives the wrong impression that France overseas régions have a specific administrative status, whereas in fact they are just standard régions, like any other French régions. It would be like having a specific "overseas US states" infobox for Hawaii and Alaska. On the other hand, it is true we are losing information with the standard French régions infobox. We need to add a département infobox to the articles Réunion, Guyane, Martinique, and Guadeloupe in order to enter the information that is specific to the départements. I just didn't have the time to do it so far. You can use the standard département infobox (check Haute-Garonne for instance), and put it in the four articles with relevant information. For time zones, country code, etc., you can put them simply in the the article since there is no space for them inside the standard département and région infoboxes. Please note that in any case these subjects are controversial. These overseas régions are not independent countries, and for instance in Réunion many people use .fr for their website, they don't use .re, whereas of course people in favor of independence use .re, etc. I don't think it is a good idea to put controversial things in the infoboxes. Better write it inside the article, and put a little explanation. Hardouin 12:32, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

For time zones maybe we can add a new line in the standard French régions infobox, but then that means we need to fill in the line for all 26 régions of France, and check which apply summer daylight saving, and which don't. Hardouin 12:34, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

A special government department? What do you mean by that? Again, the status of overseas régions and départements is the same as régions and départements in metropolitan France. The categories "overseas région" and "overseas département" don't exist in French law. Hardouin 01:00, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sources please

In order for "In 1997, a similar operation was performed in the Australian state of Victoria, when a woman's face, torn off in a similar accident, was packed in ice and successfully replanted" to stay at Face transplant something in the way of evidence or a source is needed. Thank you. WAS 4.250 15:06, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the source! After reading it, it seems so similar to the India case that I had to re-read both cases to check if perhaps they were one and the same case but one had misinformation. The difference in dates as well as locations made me think the similarity is probably due to both being caused by exactly the same tragic thing : long flowing female hair caught in the same type farm equipment - pulling the hair at one end and cutting skin tissue below the face - face harvesting machinery - now THAT'S a horror movie! WAS 4.250 16:46, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Wikipedia in Tetum

• Help building a Wikipedia in Tetum, the national language of East Timor. Give your contribution to the improvement of its test page -- Regards, 195.23.53.121 11:07, 15 February 2006 (UTC) Manuel de Sousa

[edit] Scottish Gaelic profanity

I would appreciate your input on the AfD for this article. --MacRusgail 18:50, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rules of the road

I'd be really grateful if you could add your vote to the renaming of Rules of the road. I notice you've contributed quite a bit to this article, so your vote would be very welcome. Please vote for whichever new name you think is most appropriate. Please vote at Talk:Rules_of_the_road#Renaming_this_article_-_poll. NFH 20:57, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Gibraltar

What is your complaint regarding the Gibraltar infobox? Perhaps you could share the 'joke' ? --Gibnews 07:17, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

The problem was not with any information about Gibraltar, it was the infobox template itself, which is less user-friendly than previous ones.

The information about it being a UK overseas territory is displayed twice (which is why I put <!-- can somebody get rid of this? -->) but when I tried to delete it, it created spaces for {{{established_events}}} {{{established_dates}}} I have no issues at all with the status of Gibraltar, or with the data contained in the infobox - in fact, I wanted to enter information for National Day being on 10th September.Quiensabe 16:30, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

No problem, was curious about the detail - that infobox is a cryptic area that gave me hell trying to update too, will have another poke at it. National day used to be in there.--Gibnews 08:29, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Just had a go at that infobox and think its better now, take a look. Although don't understand templates but known to hack things :) --Gibnews 09:25, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

I included a short section and a picture about Gibraltar National Day, although its not currently linked. Spent too much time on that infobox ! All help appreciated.--Gibnews 17:03, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Interster

Hallo - don't know if you've happened to see the message on the Talk:Interster page? It appears to be from a librarian called Ann, posted on behalf of a library user seeking more info about the programme. Humansdorpie 17:10, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lusophobia

The article you created about lusophobia is listed for deletion, mainly, because you added no references to it, therefore, it looks like original research. If you can reference the article, do it, otherwise it may be deleted. Thanks! Afonso Silva 21:36, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

I hope your work saved the article. If you could present even more references, that would be great. But anyaway, you did a nice job. Cheers! Afonso Silva 12:56, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I Am Not Canadian

Please don't copy copyright lyrics into the article, per Wikipedia:Lyrics and poetry. Unless the lyics are available under an open content licence, they cannot be freely reproduced on Wikipedia. Thanks. --Madchester 04:26, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Lyrics from both the original and parody have been removed. They are copyrighted by the respective authors. --Madchester 04:33, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Unilateral removal of the history section in ABC article

Hi Quiensabe

We have an unpleasant situation about to develop over this action by one "cyberjunkie" ("cj"), who decided all of a sudden that he'd move the entire History section of the ABC article to a new daughter article, without replacing it with a summary. The history section was almost entirely written more than a year ago.

Since this action on 12 September, the section has languished with no text at all under its title, save a link to the daughter article.The action has, in effect, gutted the article, leaving what appear to be insubstantial fragments without a core. It's must be odd to the newcomer to be denied a summary of the history and to move straight onto a chunky section on "funding and relationship with government" without knowing where how the institution arose.

Now, it's not that I disagree with him that the History section was written in greater detail than you'd normally expect in summary style. (A related issue is that the rest of the article may need to be fleshed out in the opposite direction to achieve satisfactory summary coverage of the topic—perhaps the optimal balance needs to be debated on the talk page.) What I do object to is

• (1) his failure to raise the matter on the talk page beforehand, and
• (2) provide replacement text with the summary style that he's using as his stated rationale for the removal.

The edit comment for the removal was "split (will summarise later)", whereas I'd have been pleased to see a summary written before the removal, for immediate replacement.

I've raised the matter on the talk page, and Cyberjunkie has responded negatively:

I think a total blank is worse than a long history. Please create a summary soon. Your action has resulted in damage to the overall article, IMV. Tony 11:16, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Whereas, I disagree. --cj | talk 12:41, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

I can see that this is getting nowhere. I wonder whether you agree that he should either undertake to write a summary section in the near future (I suggest three or four paragraphs) or reinstate the text and raise the issue on the talk page.

I'd appreciate knowing your opinion. The ABC's talk page is here. Tony 14:00, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Edit to Spelling reforms of Portuguese

Hi, Quiensabe. I noticed your recent edit to Spelling reforms of Portuguese. I had decided not to speak of ll and ñ on purpose, because, in the early medieval period of Spanish and Portuguese, other spellings were also used in competition with those for the palatal consonants. For example, nn, and I think ni were used instead of ñ by some authors. However, I have not researched this yet. Perhaps you know. Regards. FilipeS 19:16, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Redirect

Quiensabe, I redirected your user page to your talk page since many users have used your user page as a place for discussions. If this was in error, please contact me. s d 3 1 4 1 5 final exams! 21:21, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You're Invited!

Hi,

Thanks for your post on Languages of Indonesia here. You are very right about how languages in China and Indonesia considered as dialects are actually distinct languages. I recognize this false claim due to an over extent of nationlistic fervor in a lot of countries. Anyways, I have formed a group called WikiProject Dravidian civilizations, a first of its kind. It is to promote the not so heard of, or should I say neglected indigenous civilizations of South Asia. I am also planning on forming a WikiProject Malayo-Polynesian group that will focus on the civilizations of the Indonesian islands, Malaysia, Borneo, and the South Pacific. If you are interested in joining our group, please visit us here] and post your name in the members section. Regards. Wiki Raja 21:12, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notability of Cybersky

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[edit] Greenland

Thanks for that. I guess the more accurate point is that Greenland has much less independence than, say, New Zealand or Australia, but still has a similar structure. There's a sort of continuum about it that creates confusion. --Lholden 21:50, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] TVNZ Logo

I uploaded the exact same logo and put it on the page. It was taken off due to vandalism and you have put another one in its place. The original image was on there first and there is no need to replace it because it is exactly the same. Next time you might want to look at the page history before you upload an image that has already been put on the article. But Thanks for the thought. Cheers.  wwesocks  04:36, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

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